No Justice. No Trust. Cleveland Police Officer Brelo Acquitted

It is Saturday. Who would have thought that a judge would announce a verdict on a weekend?

In April, we reported on the events that led to charges of voluntary manslaughter for Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo. Yahtzeebutterfly has been keeping it updated with trial videos and information.

Michael Brelo

A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo. Brelo’s trial began on April 6, 2015. He choose a bench trial. Today, Saturday, May 23, 2015, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John P. O’Donnell acquitted Brelo of all charges.

Brelo will remain on unpaid suspension.

Rather than write more information, I’ve embedded videos below of the Judge announcing the verdict, Cleveland Mayor Jackson and Police Chief Williams, protesters, and a released announcement by the Department of Justice. The verdict has been added to “Documents” that you can find on the right-side border of the blog.

Memorial Day Weekend is right — we remember the victims and seeing results like this over, and over, and over, and …..

Meanwhile, this is too close to reality. I remember when my late husband was having a stroke and I called 911 for medical emergency. Two cops arrived and assumed that my husband was drunk. Although he couldn’t stand and his speech was slurred, it was also apparent that his face was twisting.

The ambulance arrived a few minutes later and I met the paramedic at the front door and told her that my husband was having a stroke. She immediately took his blood pressure, and then called into the hospital that she was bringing in a patient. I cannot imagine what would have happened had my husband been away from home, alone, when it happened.

So, for having a stroke and not being able to obey the police, this man gets tazed and pepper sprayed.

Yeah, Mindyme. It’s like demanding a woman in labor to get out of the car, pepper spray and taze her, and when the baby is born as they’re dragging her out of the car, say it’s alright and then justify their abuse by saying she didn’t obey their commands, as if she could.

Peni,
One of the worst situations you can ever be in is needing help, and those who show up have an attitude that they must find a reason to arrest or walk away and do nothing. I suppose what kept me calm for the moment was knowing that the ambulance was coming. His right side was completely paralyzed. When we got to the hospital, it was within the time frame to administer TPA, and almost immediately he gained movement on his right-side other than his foot. That took a few months of physical therapy.

Just imagine someone having a stroke being taken to jail first, and the minutes ticking away so that TPA cannot be administered. They might have permanent paralysis or a year or more of rehab.

in the 6.5 minutes of this video, I counted twice that the prosecutor says the victims’ names. once in the beginning when he misspoke their names & once in the end. and he referred to them as “the victims” twice.
he uses Officer Brelo’s name 5 or 6 times.

the only time it seems he finally humanizes them is when he tells the judge to put himself in the mind of the victims for a minute and imagine the fear “the victims” must of been in when staring at the “police officer” shooting them point blank from standing on the hood.

Officers failed to report seeing the car backfiring, which could have explained the noise that sounded like a gunshot, Barnhill says.

Barnhill says the chase became a “free-for-all” when it reached the Second District, with officers joining without receiving permission from supervisors. At least 62 police cars were involved in the chase, she says. “It goes to show the disregard for policy and training that pervades this case,” she says.

Shannon, in other words, the Oakland mayor wants a smaller amount of protesters, or to financially harm working protesters who would have to take off work so they can be “free Americans” during the daytime. There’s a method behind that madness. Then to top it off, let the world see America’s RoboCops. Well, there goes the foreign students — a partial solution to immigration.

Nope, becuz I didn’t follow the case I truly thought he’d be convicted.. I’m gonna watch the videos tho now. But I keep reading that he cld still be convicted on other lesser charges. Did you hear about that?

I was listening to the last half and can’t understand what was going through the judge’s mind. You had other officers who refused to testify, invoking their 5th…..if they feel they didn’t do anything wrong then why plead the 5th?

Then, even though, the officer caused at least one fatal wound, he wouldn’t find him guilty because it couldn’t be proven that his shot was the one that actually caused his death…..WTF?! How about this find him and the shooter/s of the other 3 fatal/7 fatal wounds guilty.

Of course another acquittal. The bench trial was our 1st clue. The second clue was the whitest judge I’ve ever seen. Why don’t they let the prosecution choose the judge or jury, they have the burden of proof & speak for the victims who can’t speak for themselves. The defendant already has an enormous advantage, he’s alive& gets to say whatever he wants about what he did &especially gets to say whatever he wants about what the victim said/did!

The prosecution cannot choose the jury because that would not provide defendants with a have a jury of their “peers.” The judicial system is not designed for justice. It calls people from the same county to decide what type of citizens they want in their communities, which is biased from the foundation.

racism is for idiots low quality academic education and inaccurate historical knowledge.
we already know this because it’s been proven in study after study that racists are less intelligent w/marked lower than average IQs & terrible critical thinkers.
that’s why they’re too dumb to realize they’re being used to help the rich get richer by keeping the racists undereducated, poor & pitifully dependent on the approval of the rich.